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Dec 13, 2017 at 17:45 answer added Stopple timeline score: 3
Jun 6, 2010 at 18:03 comment added Timothy Chow Well, I hope George Johnson was not bothered by the fact that I emailed him as well. Of course he said the same thing in his reply to me. I'm wondering, as a matter of general MO etiquette, whether the person who asked the question in the first place should be assumed to be the one to contact a suggested person. Otherwise the poor recipient may be barraged by a slew of email messages all asking the same thing.
Jun 6, 2010 at 5:01 comment added bhwang Having emailed George Johnson, he says that he does not know anything beyond what is said in the article.
Jun 5, 2010 at 9:07 comment added Liran Rotem I have no details about this story, but George Johnson has a homepage which includes his [contact information][2]. You might want to send him an e-mail. (This answer should have been a comment, but I'm unable to post comments just yet) [2]: sciwrite.org/glj/email.html
Jun 5, 2010 at 7:24 comment added John Stillwell Unfortunately, Mathematical Cranks does not contain the word "Nagell" (according to amazon's search inside the book), so I'm afraid the answer is not there.
Jun 5, 2010 at 7:05 comment added Igor Pak Johnson's article is based on the book "Mathematical cranks" by Underwood Dudley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwood_Dudley Does the book have the name you are looking for? Let me mention that Dudley was sued by one personality mentioned in the book. I remember reading Richard Posner's decision a few years back - it is beautifully worded...
Jun 5, 2010 at 4:03 history asked Timothy Chow CC BY-SA 2.5